Fragility — the birth of everything that matters
Fragility: the quality of being easily damaged, broken, vulnerable, or delicate.
Fragility is the birth of everything that matters, that is what the title said. Why it said that? That’s for you to think about, to reason with yourself.
The most basic instinct in all of us human beings is what we call our ‘survival instinct’. We push ourselves to keep our life no matter what, we fight whatever hurdles we have to if it means we get to keep our life, fight to the end.
Why do we value life so much? It’s only because it’s fragile. We cannot be certain what lies ahead of us after our life is taken away (and it will!). We know our life can be taken with at least a hundred objects you surround yourself with on the day to day. Life is that fragile.
I’ve seen enough movies and TV shows with immortals in them to know that they do not lead a very happy life. I mean come on, look at what happened to Logan.
He died the exact way he was told he would, with his own heart in his hand (metaphorically, of course). Immortality, where life is not fragile to the same degree, is boring. We probably will not know what that is like, ever. But it just gets me to my point.
Handwritten letters.
Nobody writes them anymore, not really. But have you seen the happiness on people’s faces when they get a letter? Have you ever gotten a letter and felt a different feeling that you’re used to? It’s not a secret that letters hold more sentimental value. It shows that the other person took the time to actually write that, something people don’t do anymore, understandably.
Letters are more fragile, you keep them safe if it matters to you that much. Emails however, can be recovered. See? Loses its value.
Framed photos.
Again, same story here. Guess what? You can actually touch them. Polaroids. All super cute. They’re fragile. Easy to lose, easy to break and they mean something. Memories so valuable you decided that they had to be rescued from inside the screen.
I am sure I have proven my point. Maybe it is not so bad that you’re a very fragile person. Maybe it’s not so bad that your phone is very fragile. It makes it all the more fun, and meaningful.
Live in the moment, take risks, be happy.
“Fragility is sad. And it’s beautiful. What lives for a moment outlives what lives for an eternity.”
